Lock-strike



(No Model.) i

I H. FELLOWS.

Look Strike;

Patented March 1,1881.

V v v ATTORNEYS N. PETERS. PNOTO-UTHOGRAF'HER, WASHINGIQN, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY FELLOWS, OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.

LOCK-STRIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 238,373, dated March 1, 1881.

Application filed December 18, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY FELLoWs, a citizen of the United States, resident at Bloomington, in the county of Monroe and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lock-Strikes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. transverse section.

This invention relates to catches for looks.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter described.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A is a catch, having the flanges B B made alike, with the holes 0 therein.

Seated withinis the double-inclined seat D, consisting of the two sides a, forming the angle b by the inclined faces 0, and having their ends d stopping inside the edges 6 e, leaving a space, E. This inclined seat D comes at the end of the door-bolt, keeping the same from rattling; and the space E, wherein the end of Fig. 2 is a the bolt partially rests, prevents the door from being shaken open. When the edges of the inclined seat D come flush with the edges of the catch, the end of the bolt of the lock being also beveled, a shake will cause the door to open. By leaving the space shown between the edge of the catch and the seat the bolt has a straight bearing, and will. hold firm in spite of shaking.

By making the flanges and seat duplex, and making two sets of holes in the catch, the catch is reversible.

What I claim is 1. The catch A, having the holes 0 C at each end, and the inclined seat D, consisting of the two sides a, with inclined faces 0 a, forming the angle 1), their ends (1 d stopping inside the edges 6 e, leaving a space, E, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The catch A, in combination with the seat D, having the inclined sides a stopping inside the edges 0, leaving the space E, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY FELLOWS.

Witnesses:

HARMON H.FR1EDLEY,

WILLIAM A. WALLINGFORD. 

